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cH. 10-12..
Becoming a world powerand the WWI era
Question | Answer |
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Iperialism | policy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empireby dominating weaker nations econmically, politically,, culturally or military. |
Nationalism | devotion to one's nation. |
Annex | to join or attach, as in the joining of a new terriotory to an existing country. |
Reparations | payments frona dn enemy for econmic injury suffered during a war. |
Price controls | system of pricing determined by the govt. |
jingoism | A feeling of strong national pride and desire for an agressive foreign policy. |
League of Nations | Internal organizations formed after WWI that aimed to ensure securtiy and peace for all its members. |
Mobilization | the ready of troops for war |
Nationalism | Devotion to one's nation |
Propoganda | Information intended to sway public opinion |
Rationing | Distribution of goods to consumers on a fixed amount |
Roosevelt Corollary | Pres. t. roosevelt's 1904 extention of the Monroe Doctrine in which he asserted the right of the us to intervene in Latin America nations |
Sedition | any speech or action that encourages rebelion |
Selective Service act | 1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service. |
Self-determination | The power to make decisions about one's own future. |
Sphere of influence | Area of economic and political control exerted by one nation over another nation or ohter nations. |
Open door policy | American approach to china around 1900, favoring open trade relations between china and other nations. |
Armistice | a cease-fire or truce |
Dollar Diplomacy | president Taft's policy of encouraging American investment in foreign econemies. |
Fourteen pionts | Pres. wilson's proposal in 1918 for a postwar european peace. |